Thread: Digital Photo Frame questions

Originally Posted by werdan

If the person has broadband, you might want to look at some of the ones that have wifi connectivity, that can then be linked to a Flickr account or be emailed to. That way you don't have the same 10 photos on it because they couldn't be bothered updating it.

Thanks Andrew, for myself I'd consider this but for this case (my parents) it would complicate things way to much
Far easier to send them an SD or CF card (USB stick) of pictures every 6 months.

Originally Posted by Stuuu

The Agfaphoto one we bought last Christmas for Judy (who fits your description surprisingly well ) fits the bill.

Don't know if they come that large though. Pop around and look at it if you like.

Might take you up on that Dale. Need to give you a call anyway.

Originally Posted by Ferret

Bought one for my mother this time last year for an Xmas present, 10" from JB HiFi ~$180 generic Chinese brand but still going.

One thing you might look out for is what file format and size they accept. After opening and setting up for my mother I noticed in the instructions it said jpeg files in excess of 2 Meg "may not show". Not really a problem for me but it was something I never anticipated and resizing everything is an extra bit of mucking about when loading pictures onto the SD card.

No sure if this is a common restriction in these gadgets but maybe something to consider when you look around.

The 2MB issue shouldn't be a problem. I suspected they would have a size limit and I was going to set up an automation in either CaptureNX or Photoshop to resize everything down to JPEG, 72dpi and what ever screen size resolution I end up with. Also if the slide show function on the device does paning or zooming transitions I can then include some larger images (Some of the Panoramas I have are over 30,000 x 3,800 @ 300dpi) but again I'll still reduce these. Also means I can fit a lot of images on a reasonably sized card.

Ended up buying a 9" Sony DPF. Easy to use, simple controls and nice and clear to view.

There were a number that we looked at that had very dodgy or fiddly controls which wouldn't have suited elderly fingers.